Since the reply given by my right hon. Friend to the hon. Member on this subject on 19th January last, the Italian forces have further extended the area of their occupation in Abyssinia. Reliable information is difficult to obtain, but, broadly speaking, the position appears to be that the Italian Government are now in occupation of the whole of Abyssinia with the exception of a district in the south-west of the country lying to the west of Maji, and a small area between Beni Shangul and Gambeila adjoining the Sudan frontier.